^^ Ouch. Still, making it that far without any major repairs is pretty good. Do you really have any choice but to replace the seal? Shouldn’t drive it like that, and resale value will be killed if you try to sell it that way.
Just curious, but how old was the PCV valve? I know they’re expensive to replace on these cars, but still a good idea to change them out as preventative maintenance. They’ve been known to take out the RMS if they fail.
Make sure to take that odometer pic when she rolls over 300k and post it here for us!
The car has been quite reliable so no complaints but it still sucks. Think I had only 1 warranty claim around 40K or 50K and I had the intake replaced/carbon cleaning, otherwise normal maintenance from what I can remember.
Original PCV valve so who know if that was the culprit.
Still trying to decide what to do. If dropping the engine, that would be the time to replace other things that could/will go over the next year or two. More money. Timing chain? Why not if the engine is already out. Just seems to keep adding up more and more with each item. Then how long will my turbo last? More money.
Car will be worth little like this but 2009's aren't going for big money either. I'm thinking a well kept high mileage 2009 would be around $7-8K at most? So the cost of repair would come close to the what I could sell it for IF it was in top condition which mine isn't thanks to some battle scars.
I've started browsing used cars to see what is out there. Really don't feel like spending $40K on a new car right now.
